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Leading the Way for STEM Training

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Rose-Hulman’s role as a leader in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education is expanding through teacher training workshops for the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and Duke Energy Summer Institute for Educators programs. The PLTW workshop expanded this summer to include 23 Midwest teachers spending two weeks on campus to learn how to integrate principles of engineering, design, computer science, and software engineering into their classes.

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